Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Mike Easter Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Ubuntu 11.04 Live CD Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 09:30:26 -0700 Lines: 32 Message-ID: <9284h4FjkaU1@mid.individual.net> References: <1ec5639d-7e68-402f-a99b-df9e7a71102f@f11g2000vbx.googlegroups.com> <30e1cf22-ae2d-4c5c-964f-88c44020d084@l18g2000yql.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net kF1saA6ikfNSD9XNnQr1TQs+aV6AvUAQpxlEC8medtBrChq86W Cancel-Lock: sha1:g+V6XhUqB0YjcoJk2pu41vxwcjE= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100623) In-Reply-To: <30e1cf22-ae2d-4c5c-964f-88c44020d084@l18g2000yql.googlegroups.com> Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.setup:355 GrtArtiste wrote: >>> On both machines, the boot went directly to >>> the GNOME desktop with no additional input from me. Am I supposed to >>> assume from this that this hardware is insufficient to run Unity? Or that the good drivers didn't make it. > I have since learned that after booting the .iso, the following > command can be run in Terminal to determine if the system will support > Unity: > > /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p > > > My computers will not run Unity, therefore I won't be installing > 11.04. You will get a negative report from that command if the best drivers aren't working even if the hardware were otherwise adequate. In order to get Unity you have to have the drivers working. If the drivers aren't working from the live CD, you would need to have some kind of install hdd or USB so that you could tinker with getting drivers installed. I don't know how to do it with the live CD. I have two systems that have adequate hardware but the NVidia drivers don't make it on the live CD boot. -- Mike Easter